Libby-Shimmz's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Makosa]

I love the ideas you've got here.

The synths are very soothing and remind me of a lot of beatless ambient tunes along the lines of Autechre.

As far as critiques go, you really need to work on progression.

This track doesn't change up that much and it really bothers me because the sounds used are really fantastic.

Hip Hop is widely known as a very repetitive genre, but if you're going to be making instrumentals you'll need to incorporate changes every 8 bars or so to keep the listener interested, especially when the track you're making turns into a track longer than 3 minutes.

DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, The Avalanches & DJ Food are some good examples of Instrumental Hip Hop to look into.

I highly recommend you listen to a wide array of Instrumental Hip Hop (previously mentioned artists included) to get a feeling of what and what not to do when composing instrumentals.

All that aside though, I really like the Middle Eastern vibe the flute (A sampled one-shot, yes?) gives me.

Keep up the good work man.

4/5

8/10

Waidmann responds:

U right

[What I Cannot Be]

This is so chill.

The vocal reminds me a lot of Bonobo's early tunes.

That 'I will find you.' dialogue sample is from Liam Neeson's Taken isn't it?

It fits so well nonetheless.

Can't wait to hear your album.

Keep 'em coming man!

5/5

10/10

Waidmann responds:

yes it is :)

[Lost Causes]

This is dope shit man.

I hope you make it into the NGADM.

That synth is so burial-esque.

Did you make it yourself and then re-sample a melody you arranged or is it just a re-engineered sample?

Waidmann responds:

Re-engineered sample :)

[Beats Me![RMX]]

I dig the strings in this a lot.

The synth sounds are clean as hell too.

I wish you would have fleshed the track out a little more.

It's too short and doesn't really go anywhere like the original does.

I wish I could 5 this, but it's way too short in my humble opinion.

Great effort Deshy!

4/5

7/10

DESHIEL responds:

y thanks for the revie ;)

[Stay the $ame - J Stepp]

Your subject matter is dope.

Bringing back that old school shit.

I love it.

The beat is fire.

The female vocal sample is so damn dope.

What's the sample?

5/5

10/10

Jstep1990 responds:

for sure man thank you. i was going for that oldschool feel

[Forest Of Desolation]

This is very awesome.

I love the celtic flute.

It fits very well with the rest of the track.

The guitar was a nice touch.

The vocals are what really got me though.

Did you record them or sample them from a library?

Excellent work man!

5/5 10/10

Mattashi responds:

Thanks man!
The guitar is the only thing I played and recorded.
The flutes and most of the percusions are from Forest Kingdom 2 by Eduardo Tarilonte oh and the vocal is from Shevannai :)

[Dawn]

The first 30 seconds of this made me think of the orchestral pieces in Timesplitters.

Great piece you have here.

I don't have much else to say about this.

5/5 10/10

samulis responds:

Lol, thanks dude. Glad you liked it. :)

[To Dust]

This that boom bap, ya'll be looking dumb, ya'll be like what the fuck is that?
This be the godfather of trap minus the rap, so sit down and take a look,
at the weather map, these the facts, better than that dope shit chillin' in ya mama's sack.
Breaking your back, put it on a train track and send it to Iraq,
In a mothafuckin' body bag, oh shit you got lag, why you on the plane dummy?
I told you to stay the fuck off that since if you did I'd be clawing my way outta ya momma's tummy.

Yummy, that's the easter shit I got you last year, I think I had 8 beers and shed a million tears,
This is all of what I got, my sister's unborn ashes lay in a pot in a corner on a cot, but I want you all to stop.

BOULLIE responds:

lemme know if you tryna record thooooooo

[Star Charts]

I feel like the horn Sample repeats way too much. Get some variation in the mix man. Sample a hook, some Keys..... Just something to change it up, ya know? I liked how it almost changed up at 1:53, but then you just psyche us out! (love that sound at 1:58 that transitions back to the beat)

I understand this is a Sample Battle so I can see where you were coming from. The length of the beat just begs the listeners to stay tuned for the change-up, which sadly doesn't do much besides fuck with our heads.

I love the Sample work though. Great job on flipping it.

4/5 8/10

BOULLIE responds:

Maybe I shouldn't have put instrumental. The sample battle beats we do end up being used by emcees so the loop is necessary, cause I hate it when people just punch through the choruses -_-

I do need work on my arrangement tho, this is beyond true.

It'll get better, good looks on the honesty, I need more of that in my life lol